Kota Kinabalu..at last my dream to reach the peak of mount Kinabalu has come true. Alhamdulillah...after all the obstacles before we board to KK we faced all with patiently. The challenged we'd been through starting one months before we heading to KK. Me and my friend Mashi had planned together to hike mount KK, we bought the flight tickets three months in advanced. After bought the flight tickets and paid for the hiking fees we thought that our plan will run accordingly and smoothly. At that time, nothing happened until one months before we board to KK. Mashi had made an operation at one of her legs, she thought it was just a minor surgery. After the operation, the doctor gave her one month MC and she's strictly not allowed to do any heavy things and outdoor performances. In other word she cannot hiking... Gosh! I'm about to cry when she told me what the doctor have said. When I heard the news, I don't know what to do. I just cannot simply find someone else to replace Mashi's place, It's our dream. Therefore, almost everyday I kept asking about her conditioned. I knew she's really want to go for hiking. Less than one months her wound had recovered, indeed not recovered 100%. However at that time she able to walk properly and the stitches at the wound has been taking off. another one week before we're about to go..Mashi go to work and her boss don't want to approve her annual leave because she was worried with Mashi's conditioned. Her boss needs letter af approval from doctor that Mashi was able to go for hiking, without the letter she couldn't go. and there was another two days to go. Then she went to see the doctor and asked for the letter, last day before we board to KK she submit the letter to her boss and get the approval. That was tough man... I can't even imagine I going to hike and spend one week at KK with nobody and lonely. End of Mashi's Story... 
Hahahaha.... at last me and my sweet sweet problemo friend manage to go to KK. We're very lucky because we're taking MAS Flight at lower price, Rm198 for return flight. The journey from KL-KK took about two and half hours. All the way...Mashi read her novel while me was enjoying the scenery through out the window. 
When we about to reach KK... I can see clearly small islands and also city of KK. Alhamdulillah..we reached KK after all. 
Once we reach KK, we stayed at one of Mashi's friend, Moon. Moon whose the one that going to take us all the way from KK to Timpohon Gate at Kundasang. As early as 6a.m we already wake up and prepared ourselves to start our hiking. When we're ready, we taken our breakfast at Moon's Family Restaurant at Donggongon. There, we only took light breakfast. Eat too much can slower down our hiking.
By 1030a.m in the morning, we start our journey..as the picture stated above, by 1330hr I had reached 3.5 km. Another 2.5km more to reach Laban Rata, which mean another two and half hours more to reach that. Laban Rata is at 6km from the height of mount Kinabalu. It's a rest house for the hikers to rest and to continue their hiking at 2a.m in order to reach the peak.
Laban Rata Rest House
300 metres before reach Laban Rata
Be reminded that it is good for you to take light snack such as Snickers Chocolate in order to sustain your energy during hiking. Me myself also only ate Snickers Chocolate whenever I felt hungry and out of energy. Our body needs more sugar to produce more energy. For me, Snickers Chocolate is enough, because other snack like energy bar, power bar are expensive and they are tasteless... :-) euwww
After we taken our dinner at Laban Rata, It's time for us to have enough rest. At Laban Rata, the temperature was freaking cold. Me and Mashi were unable to sleep even though we tried so hard and force ourselves to have sleep. Inside the dorm of Laban Rata, there are two double-decker beds where one room being occupied by four peoples. Me,Mashi and another two guys were from Germany. Till night, both of us cannot sleep..so we made our own activities like chitchatting and made phone calls to our friends. We felt very sorry to one of the Germain cause disrupted his sleeping...till he asked us to keep quite. Only that we both remained silence and wait until 2a.m.
It was 2a.m in the morning...me and Mashi already prepared ourselves half hour early. By two in the morning, it was time for us to have supper and continue our hiking to the peak. Unfortunately, at that time suddenly heavy raining fall down. Our guide said we need to wait the raining to stop or to wait its slower till 3a.m. Then by 250a.m, the raining started to slow. There, for those who wanted to continue their hiking will continue. But there were also people who don't want to continue their hiking, due to the raining and the track at that time surely slippery. It was very dark outside, only with the help of torchlight you are able to see the track. Me,Mashi and the rest of other groups climbed all the way up through the slippery track in the dark night. About ten minutes of our journey I still can feel that Mashi was behind me...about fifteen minutes later, I called mashi's name but she didn't reply... Oh my, I need to climb up all alone again. I also don't know where my guide was. Other climbers were with their group and they are more faster than me and most of them were foreigner. I'm sad.. then, I don't know how long I'd been climbing.. till I asked one of the guide who was not my guide how many kilometres left to reach the peak, and he said another 1.5km. I told him that I don't know where my guide was, and suddenly.......my guide appear. I felt very happy when I met him and I asked him where Mashi, then he said Mashi cannot climb. Her legs hurt and he already sent Mashi back to Laban Rata.
I felt sad, when I reach the peak I don't know who and how I want to share my feeling. So, me and Greo (my guide) both together climbed up the mountain. After we reached Sayat-Sayat, the air was vey windy and cloudy. My torchlight run out of baterry, same goes with my camera. I can't even catch any pic when I reached at that part. Less than one kilometre I am about to reach the peak, My legs and my hands felt numbed, and It was freakinly cold..less than two degrees of the temperature. Me and and Greo slowly climbed up the mountain till we reach the Low's Peak around 530a.m. Alhamdulillah...here, It's worth it and I feel that my trip and my money were not wasted because I managed to reach the peak!
At the peak, there's nothing I can see. All were cloudy and very windy. The beauty scenery from what my friend had told me who already went here last year, all I couldn't see anything due to heavy raining last night. At the peak, It's very hard for me to speak..and It's very very cold. About ten minutes I was at the peak, I told Greo that I wanted to go down. Greo hold my hand tightly so that I won't fall down. When the sun rise out..I can't believe that this was the track I've been followed last night. Very rocky mountain, I remember I almost fall twice when I'm heading down from the peak, lucky I had Greo. Around 815am me and Greo reach Laban Rata. He said we will starts going down by 9a.m. At Laban Rata, I was having my light breakfast and filled up my water. Almost 10a.m we started to go down. Due to injuries that Mashi's having, she asked me to go down first. Me and her slowly go down then she stop a lot and told me to go first. There, again I'm all alone go down through the mountain. During half of our journey, It was raining again, however I still continue my journey. I reached at Timpohon Gate almost 3p.m, then heading to Kinabalu Park and thaving my lunch and 'tapau' for Mashi. At that time my clothes were all wet and I was very exhausted. By 430p.m, Mashi reached Timpohon Gate, and Moon's friend fetch us up.
Masjid Terapung, Likas
Hiked mount Kinabalu had thought me to prepare myself up with not just physically but strong mentally as well. The intention in you need always be good..remember you are now surrounded by nature. All this are Allah's favors..zikir is very important, always be humble in yourself. There are climbers who prepare himself with physically and by the time he needs to continue another 2.5km to reach the peak, he was not feeling good with himself. He said he felt very weak. Only Allah's know what happened to him.
Fountain at 1 kilometre after Timpohon Gate
By hiking this mount also, had thought me to achieve something you are dreaming for. Facing all the obstacles and you'll get what you want,InsyaAllah. Because, It's not easy to become easy, the feeling when you reach the peak, was very hard to explain. It was so good..Alhamdulillah. I had manage to reached the peak on my first attempt. InsyaAllah, Gunung Tahan will be my next one. However, by next year me and Mashi will go to hike Mount KK back, because both of us want to share the experience to reach at the peak together. InsyaAllah...not to forget, thanks a lot to Moon who help us a lot while we at KK. we both really appreciate it..
View from Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Thanks Moon!!!
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